Q NOTES # 1,105: Saturdazed in Waco

 For reasons that have symbolic meaning for the sort of mental defectives who line up to attend his pep rallies, Don Crappolini chose this particular weekend to fly into Waco, one of the reddest shitholes in a state full of 'em.  From the media reports I've seen, a moderately large audience has spent an afternoon listening to a self-centered sociopath spin his greatest hit for the 10,000th time... that old one about the horrible injustice and persecution he's suffering because he's being prosecuted for crimes for the first time in his rotten life. As usual, he's warning the dullards their own lives will also be destroyed if he's finally punished for his sins. The MAGA morons in Texas are among the worst ones anywhere when it comes to ignorance and stupidity. See who they elect to govern them?

PS: I read a partial transcript of his pathetic whining and he must be drowning in paranoid fantasies more rapidly now.

You bet, Bette.

Yesterday, Bette Midler reacted to Joe Manchin's betrayal of Joe and the Democratic Party with a caustic tweet that included a description of West Virginians as poor, illiterate and strung out. She later tweeted an apology, but it was essentially unnecessary. In 2016, Fat Assolini got 68.5 % of the state's vote, with only 26.43 % going to Hillary

The result in 2020, after witnessing four years of Assolini's incompetence, ignorance and corruption, was almost identical: Assolini with 68.63 % vs Joe with 29.69 %. These numbers don't lie. Nearly seven out of ten voters in West Virginia are hopeless morons.

Daily Kos has some articles today worth bookmarking for future reference. One concerns the Guarantee Clause and voting rights. Another summarizes a long article in Just Security. The best way to escape a successful coup in 2024 is to punish the hell out of everyone involved in the coup that failed earlier this year. 

Assolini recently admitted he received his booster shot, and now there's a notion spreading among some of the mental defectives that the real Assolini has been replaced by a clone.

Among Trumplicans, there's a contingent made up of extremely inadequate mental defectives who are comparing Kyle Rittenhouse to Jesus. This country has too many problems to keep up with now,

Q NOTES # 521: Short Cuts 36

According to news stories I saw last night, Greg A-Butt is now claiming that he's testing positive for COVID. I'm skeptical because this is A-Butt we're discussing, and since he's presumably been vaccinated, this might be a scam to "prove" the "vaccines don't work."

Assuming he's telling the truth for once, A-Butt will get a Blue Ribbon medical treatment (Regeneron) that's apparently reserved for worthless (R) dipsticks like Donny Pustule and Greg A-Butt, and is way out of reach for the typical COVID sufferer. Greg is part of the  I'M OKAY, SO GFY social class, many of whom are RepubliQAn politicians.

Bottom line: Under A-Butt, state government is just another experiment in corruption, incompetence, and epic failure. Greg wants to replicate at the state level what the fat stinking turd did nationally.

Of course the former guy sees the recommended COVID booster shots as a 'cash grab' by the drug companies. That fat motherfucker's consciousness is dominated by cash grab schemes and rip-off conspiracies.

And of course the domestic terrorist attack on 1/6 was planned and coordinated, not some spontaneous impulse by a bunch of goddamned tourists. 

And finally, of course right-wing assholes are traumatized by the idea that America will soon be swamped by a tsunami of refugees from Afghanistan. 

Added 12:32 PM Thursday 19 August: It's a crying shame that so many Democrats will tank so rapidly and keep trying to play the game by rules that have been obsolete since the late 1990's. 

I have to wonder how long it will take the former guy to realize that there's a movement afoot to shove his fat ass out of the way so that Ron Death Sentence can take over. If Cheezy ever figures out that Ron really wants to make him a vague memory, things could get interesting in the (R) cesspool.

The former guy's adult life has followed a pattern: He makes a terrible decision because of his own ignorance or laziness, resulting in things getting monumentally fucked up. He then immediately blames the monumental fuck up on someone else, and tries to eradicate all the evidence of his own responsibility. Vladimir Putin is probably looking at the situation in Afghanistan, and writing the former guy a thank-you note...

Q NOTES # 484: Short Cuts 15

Democratic members of the Texas legislature are leaving the state for Washington to deny a quorum and potentially derail the special session called by worthless political hack Greg Abbott.

Update 11:34 AM Tuesday 13 July: The simplest way to understand what's going on with former guy is to understand that his whole worthless existence is essentially a sixth-rate TV reality show performance, and has no more connection to the real world than all that crap that's staged for the lights, cameras and microphones and shown on cable channels.

The rest of the show's cast is just as phony as the main character. The success of the show depends completely on the utter stupidity of the audience, and their willingness to consume anything as long as it's zany and entertaining.

Allen Weisselberg has been a loyal trump lump, and is now being (a) kicked to the curb, or (b) thrown under the bus. Former guy is apparently so fucking stupid, he believes this will make his problem disappear. 

If there's any legal pathway to charging former guy with one or more felonies, and ending all of his political aspirations now, the people who have the authority to do it need to get cranked up. 

More unsurprising news today? How about the story that former guy deeply resents the Supreme Court, especially the justices he nominated. Dumb fuck thought he had a lock on the election being thrown out since three justices would owe him big time.

Q NOTES # 443

Greg Abbott as governor reminds me of the expression that was common in my high school years: That asshole could fuck up a wet dream.

The word is getting around: Former guy is assuring people around him that he'll be reinstated by August. No, really. He apparently thinks it's true, maybe. That would make him a psycho.

Another psycho is Rep. Louie Gohmert, the pride of Texas A&M, who should probably be investigated for his role in the 1/6 attempt to overturn the election. 

Q NOTES # 340: Waiting for the Thaw

From CROOKS AND LIARS: Rachel Maddow reminds us that Texas has failed before, has been warned before, and still refuses to do what's necessary to avoid the energy crises that severe winter storms create. When it comes to state political leadership, Texas is one of the bottom-feeders.

From DAILY KOS: The formation of a bipartisan commission to thoroughly investigate and report on the insurrection and attempted overthrow of the federal government on January 6th? That sounds like a good idea on paper, but probably won't accomplish very much if anything. Why? Because bipartisan means including RepubliQans, which means including people who will do everything possible to make sure there's no thorough investigation and report of this whole matter.

DAILY KOS also has a cheer-me-up, make-me-feel-good report on Cheez Doodle's current anxiety: his fear that his enemies will soon be making his life miserable with a steady bombardment of lawsuits, investigations, etc. 

Update 5:14 PM Thursday: Let's say you're one of the many conservative evangelical lunatics who's convinced that god personally selected Cheez Doodle to serve in what was once the most powerful leadership position on earth. You also believe that god is infallible, and never to be questioned. How do you reconcile those two firm beliefs with President Joe Biden in the White House? Did god decide he screwed up in 2016 and change his mind? Or is Joe an imposter who'll soon be tossed aside, allowing Cheez Doodle to resume his duties as the chosen one? 

What a predicament. It's no wonder that Cheezy's fan club is gradually being narrowed down to the craziest of the crazy religious fanatics, the real mental cases.

Update 11:55 PM Thursday: Joe authorized FEMA to ship 60 generators and 10,000 gallons of diesel fuel to Texas to help people whose state government failed them. Both the generators and the fuel are sitting in Fort Worth, awaiting delivery instructions. Somebody buzz Greg Abbott and tell him to shit or get off the pot.

Q NOTES 268: Countdown Day 44

If it weren't for Alabama and Mississippi, Texas could probably claim the undisputed title of worst shithole in America. There are some good things about Texas, but most of them are totally insignificant compared to the horrible political climate in the state. For example, the Attorney General is an indicted felon named Ken Paxton, who should be in prison instead of in public office. Today, Paxton is the source of a lawsuit filed by Texas against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the elections in those four states. That's bad enough, but additionally, Sen. Rafael (Ted) Cruz has volunteered to present a Pennsylvania lawsuit before the Supreme Court, again seeking to reverse the PA election in Cheez Doodle's favor.

There are legions of rotten (R) dipshits in Texas government. Paxton and Cruz are two of the worst, but there are plenty of others. It's a real challenge to find any Texas (R) who isn't a goddamned waste of oxygen.

Top 100 Texan Assholes

Joe Barton is a perfect example of the kind of worthless asshole Texas sends to Austin and Washington D.C. to keep things totally fucked up everywhere at all times. He'd definitely be ranked somewhere in the Top 100, maybe even Top Twenty.

Geezer Power

Copied from Daily Kos, regarding data from a PPP poll of Texas voters. Cheesy leads HRC by six points overall, but...

"Trump's lead is based entirely on his holding a 63-33 advantage among seniors. With voters under 65, Clinton leads him 49-45. And when you look just specifically at voters under 45, Clinton leads Trump 60-35. Older voters are overwhelmingly responsible for the Republican advantage in Texas, and generational change is likely to help Democrats become more competitive."

Another confirmation of something we already suspected. The Republican Party depends upon the same geezers who keep Fox News Channel at the top of the cable news totem pole (FNC viewers are mostly white people over age 65).

PS: On the secession issue, 59 percent of Texans want to remain part of the United States, and 26 percent want to secede. Here's what's scary: fifteen percent can't decide. That means four out of ten Texans are at least open to the idea. Dumb fucks.

Texas Toilets

Since Danny (Goeb) Patrick lacks essential male characteristics, he doesn't meet the masculinity criteria to use public restrooms designated for men. By law, he should be required to shit in the bushes.

Edumication

Mary Lou Bruner is a candidate for the State Board of Education.

Instead of having states like Texas, Iowa, Mississippi, Utah or North Carolina compete for the permanent title of Worst Backwater Hellhole in America, I recommend we just let each one display the trophy for a month at a time on a rotating basis. In alphabetical order maybe.

Borderlines

El Perrito is obviously planning another run at the presidency in 2016. This week he mobilized the National Guard to seal off the border, or so he says.

Most Republican voters, especially those in Texas, are ignorant yahoos who are easily manipulated by meaningless symbolic gestures. Until the GOP base finally gets a clue, grifters like Rick Perry, Rafael Cruz, and Danny (Goeb) Patrick will continue running their shell games 24 hours a day, seven days a week, fifty-two weeks a year.

Blake

The people elected by Texas Republicans to serve in Washington or Austin can almost always be described as "thirty feet of shit in a ten inch tube." This fat bucket of fuck is named Blake Farenthold, and he fits the description. Blake is a member of the Texas delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives, and he believes there are enough votes to impeach Barack Obama. Blake needs to stick to things he knows about, like the best places to buy jelly doughnuts.

Busy, busy, busy

This was a busy week for Texas conservatives. In Austin, Sen. Wendy Davis was able to sustain an old-fashioned filibuster (the kind that requires you to stand up and talk non-stop for hours at a time) until the clock ran out on the special session and an anti-abortion bill dominionists were trying to push through at the wire. That got El Perrito lathered up and made an internet star out of Wendy Davis, which got the rest of the Republicans in an uproar.

Then the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that DOMA, passed during Clinton's administration and prohibiting federal benefits to same-sex marriages, was unconstitutional. People like Charles Krauthammer think it's now only a matter of time until gay marriage goes national. As far as I'm concerned, the government could solve the problem by simply terminating every special benefit, privilege, and advantage that it provides to hetero married couples. If hetero marriage is what the Christian god had in mind, it should have remained strictly a religious ceremony and the government shouldn't have rewarded married people with goodies to begin with. The whole mess is a perfect illustration of why we need separation of church and state. Since dominionist Republicans believe the church should BE the state, the court decision lathered them up again.

RWers got some good news when another USSC ruling invalidated a section of the Voting Rights Act that made it difficult for several former slave states to enact Jim Crow laws disenfranching the descendents of slaves. In Texas, this meant its bogus Voter ID law, designed to prevent fraud that never existed, was in Go status again. Other Dixie shit holes like North Carolina and Mississippi rolled out their own bills.

Republicans in the solid red states have used redistricting to lock in majorities in the House of Representatives. The gerrymandering occurred while the VRA was intact, so apparently it couldn't be prevented by the section the court abolished. Most of the states affected by the ruling are already dominated by the GOP, and now they may stay red a while longer than they might have otherwise.

In single-party government, there's always a tendency to overreach. When either party controls the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, it spells trouble. Now that Republican governments in the red states think nobody's watching what they're up to, it's only a matter of time until one or more of them enact really outrageous voter suppression laws, wind up back in court, and have their asses handed to them by a federal judge. It's not a matter of IF it happens, only how long it takes.

Get Zipped

El Perrito has added abortion to the agenda for the special session of the Texas legislature, not surprising since that POS has become totally predictable.

I've decided the best solution to the controversial problems facing this state is a law prohibiting all men from engaging in any sexual activity involving two or more human beings. Perrito and the other worthless dominionist assholes in Austin should get on the stick and make male abstinence mandatory, with violators subject to fines of 50,000 dollars and a minimum 12 months imprisonment. For conservatives, this ends abortion, curbs gay marriage, and slashes the number of brats on food stamps and Medicaid. For me, it reduces the number of future Republicans. It's a winner.

Book Learnin'

When public policy is turned over to hardcore conservatives, as it has been in Louisiana, the results are never good. The Louisiana charter school program directs millions of dollars in public funding toward private religious education that puts a peculiar slant on history.

Ted, just STFU.

Politics in Texas are totally fucked up. How fucked up are they? Well, last year the Republicans nominated Ted Cruz for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Kay Bailey. How fucked up is Ted Cruz? His whole campaign was based on the premise that David Dewhurst was too liberal, that's how fucked up he is. If the asshole would just sit quietly at his desk and keep his fucking mouth shut, maybe it wouldn't be so bad, but he just can't do it. If an entire state can be judged by the worthless political scumbags it elects, they must be saving a warm corner in hell for Texas.

Spend 'em if you got 'em.

Make the case

Wait, I mean... no, wait, I mean...

El Perrito made a statement on the record that New York should be able to permit gay marriage... he ain't got no use fer it hisself, but it be a states rights issue or some durn fool thing. Then, during the night he remembered he was running for president and that Michele Bachmann would use his stated position to kick his sorry ass right out of Iowa and every other primary. So Perrito now wants to clarify that what he really meant was...